Overview
- Sindh Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah chaired a meeting on Saturday that set a policy requiring retirees to receive pension and basic dues on their final day of service for staff retiring from January 1, 2027.
- The chief secretary directed all provincial departments to clear every pending pension bill within three months so retirees no longer must make repeated visits to government offices to claim dues.
- The Services secretary will lead an inter-departmental task force including the Accountant General Sindh, Finance, Health and General Administration with a one-week deadline to deliver an operational framework and any needed rule amendments to enable same-day payments.
- Officials were told to simplify medical reimbursement rules after the meeting identified administrative causes of delays such as incomplete documents, slow electronic verification by medical boards and late issuance of no-objection/non-availability certificates.
- If implemented, the policy will require coordinated process and likely IT changes across departments and could speed payouts for thousands of retirees; observers should watch the task force report and rule amendments to judge how quickly the deadlines are met.